Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 1/9/2011

1/9/2004:
Phoenix Coyotes goalie Brian Boucher breaks a 55-year-old NHL record when he stifles the Minnesota Wild, 2-0, for his fifth-straight shutout. he also sets a modern league record for consecutive scoreless minutes by a goaltender with 332 minutes and 1 second. His shutout streak will end when the Atlanta Thrashers tie the Coyotes, 1-1, on January 11.

Birthdays:
Bart Starr b. 1934
Robert Newhouse b. 1960
M.L. Carr b. 1961
Chat Ochocinco b. 1978
Sergio Garcia b. 1980

“We don’t get offered crises, they arrive.”

—ELIZABETH JANEWAY, American writer

ON THREATS,
NOT THAT THREATENING

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English subtitle in Hong Kong kung-fu movie